Biofuels and Food Security in Brazil

摘要: To reduce its oil import bill, the government of Brazil inaugurated a national bioethanol program (PROALCOOL) in 1975. An important direct effect was creation huge domestic demand for sugarcane market because is feedstock production, which has increased since In late 2000s Brazilian achieved original policy target PROALCOOL to dependency petroleum imports. The industry, including bioelectricity, growing as one main energy industries economy. While it possible will expand production Cerrado area, this may cause land-use change and environmental problems. Bioethanol sugar are produced from allocation rate decided by relationship between prices. Since 1990, more than half Brazil’s harvested been use. Therefore, competing allocating production. Soybean accounts 71.7–90.9 % biodiesel program, promoting. 2005, rapidly; 2012 soybean use ratio consumption 32.2 %. This means had an impact on global products markets.